European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries

Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by wizofaus on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:15PM (#36362259)

If it drives an uptick in sales in the EU you can count on it being eventually implemented for customers in the US and elsewhere too. Though it's even possible Apple knows it will help sell the devices better - at least initially, but they prefer to have users more firmly locked into the Apple ecosystem.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by KennyBlanken on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:40PM (#36367033)

> they prefer to have users more firmly locked into the Apple ecosystem.

Every time someone says shit like "locked into the Apple ecosystem", god kills a kitten. Lots of people switch back and forth between iOS and Android.

Nobody's going to go for USB-C on their iPhones if they can get Lightning ports. The Lightning port is far superior mechanically (both more durable and easier to clean from debris) and unlike most Android phones, not attached to the mainboard - so it can be replaced if damaged.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by wizofaus on Saturday June 17, 2023 @01:57AM (#36367683)

I only claimed it were possible, but it would (pleasantly) surprise me if there were executives at Apple that thought interoperability with competing technologies should be part of their corporate strategy.

Lightning ports may well be technically superior (I can't really judge as I've had dozens of devices using USB-C, 95% of the time with no issues, but relatively few occasions to use lightning ports - thought I do have an iPad that's bricked currently because I can't find a cable for it), but if Apple is unwilling to license the technology to other manufacturers then there's no chance of it ever being any sort of universal standard.

Personally I'd rather hoped that by now we didn't need cables/plugs at all!

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by Etheryte on Saturday June 17, 2023 @04:35AM (#36368396)

I wouldn't really make swooping generalizations like that, just because you like an option doesn't mean everyone is that way. For example I would much rather have USB-C on my iPhone because then I would only ever need one charger cable for everything I need to charge.

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